Toy



B. P. JOHNSON AND R. SCHROEDER.

TOY.

APPLlCATION FILED JUNE 20, I921.

giggg gl 1 o Patented Oct. 3, 1922.

Patented Get, 3, i922,

BERNARD P. JOHNSON AND RALPH SCI-IROIEDER, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TOY.

Application filed June 20,

To (/17 v1.- imm it may concern Be it known that we, BERNARD P. JoHN-soy and RALPH Sorrnonnnn, citizens of the United States. residing inCincinnati, in the county of l-l aniilton and State of Ohio, haveim'entcd now and useful Improvements in a Toy, oi? which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a toy designed for use in connection with theoperation of phonoo'raphs and. is particularly of the nature of amarionettc or puppet, being actuated by the rotatirc action oil therecord turntable.

'An object 0'! our invention is to produce a toy of the class abovedescribed, in which the various parts of the image are given peculiarlycharacteristic movements to pro duce the eliiect or a marionettedancing.

A further object is to produce a toy ot the class described in which thedancing or other mo vements may be timed in accordance with the time ofthe piece being played from a record located on the turntable of thephonograph.

These and other objects are attained in the toy (lLSCI'llN-Xl in thefollowing specification and. illustrated in the accon'ipanying d ra wingin which Fig.5. 1. is an elevational view, somewhat in dirrannratic formof: a toy embodying our invention, mounted on a turntable which, l'orpurposes of: purely diagrammatic illus tration is shown considerablysmaller relatively to the inarionette, than is actually the case.

Fig. 2 a fr gmental perspective view of the timing incchinism by meansof which tho lnariouclto is caused to dance in synchron sui with thetime of the piece being played.

1n the constructirm of our mproved toy we provide an upright 3 which issecured to a 52' 1E l: cxtencliug arm l; which projects acro. the record5 on the turntable G and is supported by a 1 00 7 which rests upon thewood top of the phonograph case adjacent to the turntable. Upright 3carries a member 8 which is shaped to represent the chest or bust o1 themarionette. To the lower end of this is pivotally attached, at a point9, the hip portion 10 of the torso. At the sides of the member 8, theupper portions 11 and 12 of the arms are pivotally 1921. Serial No.478,905.

attached at points 13 and 14. To these arm portions the forearm portions15 and 16 are attached at points 17 and 18. At the upper part of themember 8 a head and neck member 19 is attached pivotally as at point 20.-.he hands of the forearm elements 15 and 16 are attached to the headand hip members 19 and 10 respectively at points 21 and .22 ii desired,in order to simulate more closely the movements of a dancer. To thelower portion of hip member 10, thigh elements 23 and 24L are pivotallyattached at points 25 and 26, and to the lower ends of thigh elements 23and 2d are pivotally attached at points 27 and 28 the combined lowerlimb and foot elements 29 and 30. Head and neck member 19 is providedwith an extension 31 to which a link 32 is attached at a point the lowerend of link 82 being connected to the hip portion at point 25.Rotatively mounted in a bearing 341 is a roller 35 which carries afriction tire 36 for engagement and operation with the surface oi therecord 5 on the turntable.

- Uonnected at a point 37 with point is a linl; 38 by means of which thetoy is operated when roller 35 is rotated. Povitally but frictionallysecured at a point 39 on arm 1 is a linger, 10 for engaging the recordcentering pin ll of the turntable, this finger, when adjusted properlserving to space roller 35 the proper distance from the center pin totime the number of rotations 01" the roller so that the marionette willdance in proper synchronism with the piece being played. The movementsoi the marionette, from the drawing and description given above, beingso readily understood, it is deemed unnecessary to amplify thisdescription with a detailed description oi." the operation.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is:--

toy for application to phonographs, consisting oil? a vertical support,means adapted to retain the support any desired distance from the centerto the edge of the phonograph. turntable, a roller rotatively mounted atthe lower end of the support for engagement with the surface of a recordon the phonograph turntable, the upper portion of a marionette torsoridgidly attached to the upper end or" the support, a torso hip portionpivotally attached at its upper end to the upper portion of the torso,pivoted leg portions pivoteily attached to the hi portion, pivuted armportions pivotaiiy attached to the upper portion, a, head pivotaliyattached to the upper portion a link operetively connected with theroller and the pivot of one with the hip portion and a link pivoteiiyconnecting the other leg with the head, one arm having pivotalconnection with the head and the other with 10 the hip.

In witness wehereoi we n'fiix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

BERNARD P. JOHNSON. RALPH SCHRO'EDER.

Witnesses CHARLES W. POTTER, WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ.

